Parallels between High-Wind Storms AND High Conflict Personality Types
I’ve lived in enough geographic areas to have experienced gorgeous sunny days, low-key rainy days, freak lightning storms, to dangerous sleet, snow, floods, crazy high winds over 80 miles per hour, and yes, even FIRES! During our most recent high wind storm, this thought came to me…..going through a high wind storm is very similar to navigating a high conflict personality person! (I’m especially interested in your thoughts about this😊)
Here are a few behaviors that characterize a high conflict personality.
• They have an all or nothing type mentality (usually they are all right and everyone else is all wrong😊)
• They demonstrate extreme behavior patterns (sometimes others may perceive this as flamboyant behavior, ridiculous, outside of the normal actions, take advantage of others, state things so forcefully that you know aren’t true, etc.)
• They lack taking accountability for their actions
• They have a way of making you feel bad or shameful for things that never happened
• You or others are accused of things that more accurately describe their extreme behaviors!
Know Anyone like this?
Here’s what I see happens when you are in a high-wind storm or experiencing being ‘on the wrong side’ of a high conflict personality!
So NOW WHAT?
If you can’t prevent it and you must get through it, how do you WEATHER IT?
AND HERE’s the beautiful magic!
Just like the small trees surviving the high winds, only to develop thicker roots & stronger trunks so they may thrive in other difficult weather patterns (drought being one of them)………
Those (children & adults) who learn how to identify and navigate high conflict personalities can also become stronger and more adaptable to the environment around them! (A skill needed more and more these days in our personal life and our professional life 😊 )
Janet
p.s. If you know someone who has a high conflict person in their life, I help shine the light for them, shift their mindset, and teach them the skills to Thrive in their Life! Have them schedule a complimentary strategy session with me today!
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